Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,382 R. 3,623, John Morris Foght, Continental New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental New York
Fogh, John Morris Rachel
S. 46,382 P. 3,623 B. 97-1491-200
CONTENTS
Widow also applied for pension for the service of her former husband, James English, or Inglis, New York. See papers within.

No. 908
16382
Reissues.
Plat.
Name: Jno Morris Fought. Rank: Lieut Comp'y: Reg't: Col Baldwin. Comptmental N.Y.
} Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. { Comm'g 2d Issue. { Comm'g 3d Issue. { Comm'g
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. { Sent to 2d Issue. { Sent to 3d Issue. { Sent to
Act 1828. Allowed.
Act 14th July, 1862. Bk. G., Vol. , Page Registering Clerk:
Disability. {

See mid. Rej. 3623. Rachel Foght.
May 16-1902
R. W. Burt - Peoria Ills
1907 Nov. 1. Hist. to Mrs. Mary Miskimen. C 1912 Aug. 27. " " Mrs. Anna B. Sprinker 1915 June 20. Hist. to Mrs. Kate B. Rogers. f 1917 Feby. 24 " " " Margaret A. Stuart. f
1924 Jan 31. Copies mailed to C. D. Cuckhurst. av. 1925 Jan. 9. Hist. to Andrew S. Burt. f

O.L.G. Exr.
1491 - 200 Rev. John Morris Foght, Bounty Land.
February 24, 1904.
Sir:-
In response to your inquiry of recent date, you are advised that the records of this Bureau show that bounty land warrant No.1491 for 200 acres was issued March 23, 1829 to John Morris Foght in full satisfaction for his service as Lieutenant of Artificers, New York Vols., Revolutionary War.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Hon. Joseph V. Graff,
House of Representatives.

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#46.382

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th day of May 1828. I John Morris Knight of the City of New York, do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental line of the army the Revolution, and served as such to the time when the arrangement of the Army provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3 rd & 21 st October 1780. was carried into effect - and was reduced under that arrangement, at which period I was a Lieutenant in Col. Baldwins Regiment of artificers
And I also declare that I have never received a Certificate commonly called a Commutation Certificate for a sum equal to the amount of Five Years full pay, which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22 nd March 1785 - instead of the half pay for life, having served until the arrangement above referred to, in the corps of artificers stationed at West Point - and its vicinity -

and I do further declare that I have not received of the United States any money as a pensioner under any act of Congress Subscribed this 30 day of June 1828-
John Morris Foote
Before me Egbert Waring, a Commissioner of the City of New York duly commissioned and authorized to administer oaths personally appeared this Thirteenth day of June 1828- Jacob Rabineau and Alexander M. Munro of the said City, and who did severally make oath, that John Morris Foote by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been an Officer in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this Thirteenth day of June in the Year Eighteen hundred and Twenty Eighth-
Egbert Waring, Commissioner

I John Morris Foight of the city of New York do hereby declare, that I was an Officer in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution and served with the rank of Lieutenant, in the corps of artillery artificers; that under the new arrangement of the army in 1780 - a portion of the said artificers were disbanded and that after that period, I considered myself liable to do duty & held myself in readiness to be called into service -
John Morris Foight
City & County of New York, ss.
Before me Richards Riker Recorder of the city of New York personally appeared that Twenty second day of October 1828 John Morris Foight by whom the foregoing declaration is subscribed, and made oath to the truth of the same -
R Riker
We the undersigned Officers of the Revolutionary Army, firmly believe, from a personal knowledge of the services of Joseph John Morris Foight during the Revolutionary War, that the facts stated by him in the foregoing affidavit are true, in the fullest extent. Dated New York October 24 - 1828.
Nathaniel Norton Late Capt. of the Revolution Army
Leon Bleeker late Captain of the Revolutionary Army.

V 2305.
Rachel Fought formerly widow of James English. N.Y.

Maurice Court State of New York - sc. Present John B Scott Justice
On this 17 th day of July 1837 personally appeared before me , The Maurice Court of the City of New York
Rachel Fought , a Resident of the city of New York, aged 84 years; who being first sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed the 4 th July 1836, and the Act explanatory thereof, passed 3 rd March 1837 - to wit = That on the 13 th day of September 1774 she was married to James Inglis , who served as a Volunteer in the Army of the United States at the beginning of the Revolutionary War - was in the city of New York when the British Ship Asia fired upon the Town in 1775 - assisting in the removal of the Artillery, and accompanying the Army up the Hudson, and continuing with them in all their operations and Engagements at White Plains, West Point and elsewhere, to the conclusion of the War, when he returned to New York; where in the year 1784 he died.
That she was afterwards married to John Morris Fought , who was a Lieutenant of Artificers in the Continental Line, and received a pension as such from the year 1829 to the time of his decease, which occurred the 2 nd April 1836.
That she was a Widow on the 4 th July 1836, and still remains a Widow, and is in great need, and hopes that a continuance of her late Husband's Pension may be awarded to her, for the few remaining years which she has now the privilege to hope for. —
Sworn & subscribed on the day and year above written in open Court before me
J. M. P. [unintelligible] Justice of the Maurice Court
Rachel Fought

City and County of New York ss. I do hereby certify that Rachael Fought who made the above declaration is entitled to full credit. 17 th July 1837.
J. M. [unclear] Justice of the Marine Court.
I, John Barberie Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that Rachael Fought appeared before the said Court and made the within declaration and that the said Court is a Court of Record, and that the signature of the Justice John M. Scott presiding is his genuine signature.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court this seventeenth day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
John Barberie

January 9, 1925
Andrew S. Burt 107 West Main St., Van Wert, Ohio.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 46382 it appears that John Morris Foght entered the service in 1776, served as Lieutenant in Colonel W. Malcolm's New York Regiment, as Captain in Colonel DuBois' New York Regiment and as Lieutenant in Captain Peter Mills' Company, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers, and served to the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 30, 1828 while living at # 57 Pump St., New York City aged seventy-eight years. He died April 2, 1836.
Soldier married about 1810, Rachel English or Inglis whose maiden name was Gilmore. She was the widow of James English or Inglis to whom she was married September 13, 1774 in New York City.
Said English was also a soldier in the War of the

Revolution, and after the war he returned to New York City where he died in 1784.
The widow Rachel Voght was a resident of New York City in 1837 aged eighty-four years.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

No. of Original pay warrants 908
Allowed Act 1828
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
10 Dec 1828.
John Morris Foght - of New York in the County of in the State of has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such until reduced under the resolves of October 1780,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in Col Baldwin's regiment of the Artificers of the line; and that he never received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing, dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary F. H. Dickinson.
Noted C. S.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
12 th December 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to the line, amounting to in dollars.
It further appears that John Morris Foght is now on the pension list of the any at the rate of agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 per month.
The Revolutionary records in this office furnish no information whatever in relation to the services of Lieutenant John Morris Foght, of Col. Baldwin's Artificers - Peter Hagner Secy
Simmons

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
GAYLORD M. SALTZGABER, Past Commander-in-Chief, Van Wert, Ohio. ANDREW S. BURT, Past Adjutant-General, Van Wert, Ohio. COLA D. R. STOWITS, Quartermaster-General, Buffalo, N. Y.
FRANK A. WALSH, Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief, Milwaukee, Wis. GEORGE T. LEECH, Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief, Baltimore, Md. CHARLES W. BURRILL, Surgeon-General, Kansas City, Mo. CHARLES L. SHERGUR, Chaplain-in-Chief, Union Springs, N. Y.
ROBERT W. MCBRIDE, Judge Advocate-General, Indianapolis, Ind. OTTO SHIMANSKY, Inspector-General, Sandusky, Ohio CHARLES O. BROWN, National Patriotic Instructor, Oak Park, Ill. SAMUEL P. TOWN, Asst. Qm. General and Custodian, Philadelphia, Pa. GEORGE A. HOSLEY, Chief of Staff, West Somerville, Mass. WILLIAM L. CAGE, Senior Aide-de-Camp, South Braintree, Mass.
OFFICE OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AND ADJUTANT-GENERAL 107 WEST MAIN STREET
VAN WERT, OHIO,
December 19 th 1924
Revolutionary Department or Section Pension Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs: My Grandmother Sarah "Sally" Burt, was the daughter of John Morris Fought, who was a Revolutionary soldier and was a Captain, we understand.
So far as we know he lived in Orange Co. NY or possibly NY City, & must have been married in New York City as her parents lived there.
Inform me if possible what Company & Regiment he served in. Date of birth and death.
If his widow was a pensioner date of her birth and death - and maiden name if possible.
My Grandfather & Grandmother Burt were married Aug. 9, 1798 & she was born Feb 17, 1781 and he Sept 7, 1776.
Am trying to supply some missing links in my Genealogy as to ancestors.
Any information you can dig up for me as to Capt. John Morris Fought widow will be duly appreciated by
Yours truly Andrew S. Burt

M 233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Jan. 21, 1924
Chief Revolutionary Section Division.
Sir:
I have this day received from Charlotte T. Luckhard M.O. No. 105402 for $ 1.00 , requesting post office address  copy as per letter herewith.
Copied and not 2/24 Finance Div Jan 24 AW
Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
26.6.2

Chk. for $1.00 rec'd. W
MRS. CHARLOTTE T. LUCKHURST REGISTERED GENEALOGIST 156 WESTERN AVENUE ALBANY, NEW YORK
Jan, 5. 1923.
Revolutionary War Section, Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Enclosed please find check for $1.00 for which please send me photostat copy (negative only) of application for pension of John Morris Foght, #8. 46382.
Also the same of the letter accompanying the application, dated New York June 30. 1828 and signed John Morris Foght,
Thanking you for your attention I am-
Very truly yours,
Charlotte T. Luckhurst-
N 75 25
Spagoff

Request for Photostating (To be prepared in duplicate)
M 6
Ex. cut
515
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. _____
Date Jan. 28, 1924
Subject John Morris Toight, Rev War S 163182
1 copies of 3 pieces consisting of 5 pages to be (No.) (No.) (No.) forwarded when completed to the REV. WAR SECTION Division.
Remarks: _____
Approved:
McKibben
CHIEF DIV. WAR SECTION
Chief Clerk.

Rev sec 1871 February 14, 1917
Can you give me any information concerning John Morris Foght - a revolutionary soldier, and an ancestor of mine. His rank, time of service etc to be used as credit for the Daughters of the American

Revolution.
Shall be grateful for any information
(Mrs) Margaret R. Stuart 520 North St.
Massillon Ohio.

MI Reser
1554 Cassil Place Hollywood, Cal. June 6 th 1915
Sec. of Interior Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I wish to inquire if in your department there is any record of a pension being granted to Captain John Morris Foght (Ger. sp. Voght) for service in the Rev. War? His wife's name was Sarah Rinders Foght.
Capt. Foght is said to have raised a company during the war from Phila. and also to have carried money in his saddle bags from Phila to Morristown, N.J. to pay the Army-
Respectfully Mrs. Kate B. Rogers Genealogist L. A. Chapter D. A. R.

101 South Main St. Newton, Kansas
August 17th 1917.
U.S. Pensions Bureau - Washington D. C.
Gentlemen -
I am desirous of becoming a member of the D.A.R. Chapter and base my right to member- ship in the D.A.R. upon being a lineal descendant of Capt. John Morris Foght , who served as Captain in

Dubois's Regiment New York Series. Will you kindly assist me by giving me the documentary evidence necessary-i.e. volume and page. I know that Capt. Fought received a pension as well as a grant of land in New York.
Mrs. Anna Burt Sprinker.

GEO. W. MISKIMEN, HARDWARE AND STOVES, PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING FARM IMPLEMENTS. FARM SEEDS.
NEWCOMERSTOWN, O., Oct. 25 1907
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
Can you advise me what record there is, and where same can be found, of the service of John Morris Foght, whom I believe to have served as Captain in the Continental Army and to have drawn a pension as the result of such service.
Finish this information in order that I may become a member of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Yours Resp't. Mrs. Mary Miskimen

FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
  JOSEPH V. GRAFF, Ill., Chairman.     Lot Thomas, Iowa.  Henry M. Goldfogle, N. Y.    Thomas S. Butler, Pa.  Claude Kitchin, N. C.    Robert M. Nevin, Ohio.  South Trimble, Ky.    David J. Foster, Vt.  D. Linn Gooch, Ky.    James M. Miller, Kans.  John Lund, Minn.    Charles Q. Tirrell, Mass.  William S. McNary, Mass.    Joseph Howell, Utah.  Jack Beall, Tex.  
Willis Evans, Clerk.
Committee on Claims,
House of Representatives U. S.,
January, 29, 1904,
Hon. E. F. Ware,
Pension Commissioner,
Sir:- Please give me the service of Captain John Morris Foght , of the Revolutionary war. I understand from a letter and request of a constituent that he served in that war , and received a warrant for lands in Pennsylvania somewhere , during his life time. If there is evidence of his receiving wa warrant ,kindly give me the number and the date of the same.
Respectfully,

REGULAR MEETINGS FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAYS OF EACH MONTH. HALL, 107 SOUTH ADAMS STREET.
HEADQUARTERS
J. W. RYAN COMMANDER S. F. FLINT SENIOR VICE-COMMANDER WM. A. MCMILLAN JUNIOR VICE-COMMANDER J. R. CONWAY ADJUTANT R. W. BURT QUARTERMASTER
Bryner Post No. 67, G. A. R.
DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS.
Peoria, Ill. April 9th 1902
Hon. H. Clay Evans Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Sir,
For the benefit of my daughter who is a member of the Daughters of the Revolution, I have the honor to request of you the Revolutionary Record of Capt. John Morris Floyd , my Revolutionary ancestor , who was my great grandfather. It is my recollection that he drew his first pension from the Federal Government about the year 1830. I believe he raised his company in New York city, but I am not in possession of any of his records or papers. You will very much oblige me if you can give me the desired information.
Very Respectfully
R. W. Burk
Surveyor of Customs
Peoria, Ill.

REJECTED
3625.
P. O.
Rachel Wright widow of Service: James Engle St John Morris Foyt both
Enlisted: in Revy war , 18
Discharged: St Foyt admitted , 18 Pension in File n o 46.382
Application filed: _____ , 18

State of New York } County of .
I, John W. Foight aged Seventy-nine years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six I enlisted for the term of "during the war," and served in the regiment No. as a Lieutenant under the command of Colonel Baldwin , of the New York line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the corps of Artificers in regiment , commanded by Colonel Baldwin .
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever: therefore, —
Know all men by these presents, that I, John W. Foight aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Col. Joseph Watson, of Washington City to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, Isaac Vredenburgh Isaac Vredenburgh
John Morris Foight
I, Isaac Vredenburgh aged Eighty seven years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with John W. Foight who has sub- scribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents him- self to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest,
Isaac Vredenburgh
Before me, Judah Hammond a Justice of the Peace personally appeared the above named John W. Foight subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared Isaac Vredenburgh who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this Eighteenth day of March 18 29
Judah Hammond Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the abovewritten Judah Hammond Esq. was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of New York , at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at the City Hall, New York this Nineteenth day of March 18 29
M. Dean C. Clerk, &c.
17 THE MOUNTAIN, NEW YORK

State of New Jersey
Midland County, ss: On this thirteenth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty seven, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Charles Gilmore, known to me as a credible person whose testimony may be implicitly relied upon, who being duly sworn, on his oath declares, that he is a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and now in the receipt of a Pension for his services as such; that he is a brother to Rachel Fought, now of the city of New York, who has applied, or is about to apply for a Pension under the act of July 1, 1836; that the said Rachel Fought, then Rachel Gilmore, was married in the year 1774, or thereabouts known, he being present at the wedding, to James English by the Rev John Gano, a chaplain in the army. The marriage was solemnized in the city of New York; that the said James English died about twenty five years ago, and the said Rachel intermarried with Capt John Morris Fought in about the year 1810; and that said Fought also died in April 1836, leaving the said Rachel his widow, and that she has ever since, to their deponent's personal knowledge, remained a widow. Deponent further says, that he knows that said English was in the militia service in the state of New York in the year 1775, 1776 & 1777, but how much longer, he cannot say.
Subscribed & sworn to this day before me
Charles Gilmore
Peter P. Dripps Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey, Middlesex County. I, Nicho- las Bourn Clerk of the Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that Peter P. Ruryon, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Charles Gilmore was made, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that her signature thereto is in her own hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand & seal of office This thirteenth day of September eighteen hundred & thirty seven. N. Bourn Clerk

I Nicholas Dean Clerk of the County Court of this City and County of New York do certify that Egbert Ward before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Commissioner of the said Court, and duly commissioned to administer Oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court — this Twentieth day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Seventy eight —
N. Dean

March 2 3 29 N o . 1491 - 200000 In o Morris Fought Lieut. Col: Artificers Std Co Jos: Watson D.C.
The warrant in this case was issued upon the Certificate from the Treasury Department that the Applicant was entitled to claim money under the "Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Army of the revolution", passed Session of 1827-28. And the opinion of the Secretary of War that such certificate ought to be received as evidence of Applicant's title to bounty land.

July 24/04. Hon. J. N. Graft. Service, No of warrant and date of issue. S.

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1826.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 24 Feb 1829.
Sir :
The claim of M c John Morris Foght — under the abovementioned act, having been examined, he is found to be entitled to the pay of a Lieutenant of Artillery Artificers in the Continental Line. The amount which may be due, accordingly, will be paid  remitted to you as his attorney, by the Treasurer of the United States on application at this Department.
I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant,
Richard Rush
Joseph Watson Esq.

New York, 18 th July 1837.
Sir
Aware of the pleasure which you derive from a prompt attention to the wishes of deserving parties coming under your official notice, I shall say but little in apology for troubling you on the present occasion with the needful proof - as I hope it may be found - for securing to a worthy and excellent character here, the Widow of a Revolutionary Officer (of whom she was deprived by death last year) the continuance of a Pension granted to him in the year 1829.
The name of the applicant is Rachel Fought . She is now 24 years of age; for nearly one half of which period I have myself been personally acquainted with her. Her real merit, as well as her identity, may be implicitly relied on. - It is hoped, that no special proofs will be required as to her first marriage; as, from the antiquity of the event, it is not reasonable to suppose, that any living evidence could be procured without immense difficulty; and it is to be observed, that she does not found her pretensions at all upon it ; but only as the Widow of the pensioner whose claims have been acknowledged.
Assured, as I am, that the bounty of Government could in no instance be more deservedly exercised, I shall live in anxious hope for her success - and in the mean time have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedt servt
J. L. Edwards Esquire, &c &c &c.
Sam. Corp.

New York, 16 th Sep 1837.
Sir
I have the honour to acknowledge your obliging letter of the 14 th ult o , suggesting to a certain extent the essential course for success to the application of Rachel Foyt for a pension. - Since which we have, as we hope satisfactorily, been enabled to prove the services of her first Husband, James English, being on the Affidavit of her brother, himself a Pensioner, taken a few days since in the State of New Jersey.
I now beg leave to enclose you the same, in the hope that it may be found sufficient for the benevolent object sought for; and which I cannot doubt that your own kind feelings would be gratified in promoting.
I have the honour to be, Sir, very respectfully Your most obedt servt
Sam l Corp,
George W m Cunnup Esquire, Sebe to.

Ice at Sand Point
Sept. 14, 1837.
To same Oct. 31, 1837.
3625

None of these papers found in this claim when first filed by Pensions Bureau, as they were originally filed by Veterans Department where the claim was adjudicated, as per record Certificate from Col Malcom of John A Fought: that the original papers were held there & only this memorandum being a Lieutenant in his Regiment in May 1776. dated 12 Aug 1780.
(copy)
Easton Aug t 22 d 1780.
Rec d from Lieut John Morris Fought. Rob t Maawell a British Prisoner of War, under sentence of Death for Burglary &c.
(signed) Andrew Lealie. D.C.P.
A receipt from Hugh Cunningham the Lancaster Goal keeper for 31 prisoners of war received of Lieut Jn o Morris Fought. dated 27 Aug 1780.
an order from G l H Van Way ener to Lieut John Morris Fought to take charge of 36 prisoners of war.
dated Fiskill 13 Aug 1780.
An Order from Col Malcom to J o M Fought dated 12 Aug 1780.
Pay Roll of Capt Peter Chill, company of Artillery in which John Morris Fought is stiled Lieutenant. 23 March 1780.

Saint. Corp
6 August 14, 1837
O. B.

Dept of War Pension Office Aug 14, 1837
Sir
I have examined the declaration of Mrs Rachel Foyt, widow of John Morris Foyt, @ farmer the widow of James Inglis due on her place it-upon on file. The act of July 4 1836 makes no provision for the widows of Officers or soldiers who were married after the termination of the last term of service. As she did not marry Mr Foyt until 1784. She is not entitled to a pension as his widow. But upon making the necessary proof of the services of her first husband, James Inglis and of the date of the marriage or at least, she may be allowed a pension, provided Mr Inglis served some a time.
I am
Genl Cooper Esq New York

War Dep
Pen: 187
Feb 31- 31.
Sir
The additional evidence in the case of Mrs Rachel Fogle formerly widow of James English dec d has been examined & filed with the other papers.
The evidence states in general terms that he was in the New York militia in the years '75/76/77- and the claimant asserts that he was in the army in '75 and continued with it "in all their operations and engagements at White Plains, West Point, & elsewhere to the conclusion of the war.
The pro rata character of the pension renders it indispensable that each term of service should be distinctly & separately set forth as to period - length & grade - names of officers where stationed &c as required by the regulations of 27 June 1832 - Unless this statement be furnished & duly established it is impracticable to adjust a claim for militia service under the act 4 July 1836.
The allegations as to the marriage are somewhat obscure. It took place in '74 and was solemnized

Saml Corp. Oct. 31. 1877
by the Chaplain of the army - and he "continued with the army till the the end of the war. From this it might be inferred that she was married in camp by the Chaplain of an embodied corps of which her former husband was one and with which he continued to the conclusion of the war. But he did not belong to the New York Line as a p't of the role and was no doubt as the Witness of facts in the militia where the service consisted of short tours which must be specified as before required. She should state where she resided at the date of the marriage and during the whole war. The name of the Clergyman who officiated at the marriage - whether there be in her possession any Register or other ancient papers showing the relation of husband & wife prior to the termination of his service - and whether there be any Town or Church records which show either the marriage or birth of a child before the service ended it should be furnished.
Yours Saml Corp Esq. New York

New York June 30-1828-
Hon a
Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
Sir
Enclosed you will receive my application for relief under the act of Congress passed for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution approved the 16 May last nearly all my original Military papers where some years ago sent to Albany and were not returned to me having been mislaid - I now enclose you (also) enclosed - the copies of two muster Rolls (by one of which you will perceive I was acting as captain) - original Certificate of the late Col. W. Malcolm in whose Regiment as lieut. I originally entered the service in 1776 - I afterwards served in Col. DuBois Regiment of the New York line and at the time of the arrangement I was a lieutenant in Col. Baldwin's Regiment of the New York Artillery. There are two or 3 other original documents also sent. Which with that afforded by the Fuller's record at the Seat of Government, will I trust

he found Satisfactory and entitles me to the amount of two Years full pay as a Lieutenant according to my rank at the time of my reduction -
Very respectfully
I am Sir
John Morris Foote
Please address me
John M. Foote
No. 57 Pump Street New York
P.S. Should my application not be satisfactory have the goodness to inform me in what particular it is deficient -
J.M.F.